Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems, Second Edition [Paperback]

Hung Q. Nguyen (Author), Bob Johnson (Author), Michael Hackett (Author), Robert Johnson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471201006 | ISBN-13: 978-0471201007 | Publication Date: May 16, 2003 | Edition: 2nd Edition

* Includes updates to material on testing Web applications.
* Contains new coverage of testing for wireless applications.
* From the coauthor of the bestselling testing book of all time.
* Each test type is backed up with a testing example and error examples.

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From the Back Cover

A software testing survival guide to deliver winning Internet-based applications

Accessibility, reliability, availability, and security of Web applications on all types of platforms are key to winning business and customers. The technol-ogy continues to change at a fast pace, and savvy end-users are demanding products and services with fewer bugs. This completely revised and updated book shows the latest technologies and expert tools, tips, and techniques for testing Web applications that run across many platforms and networks, including desktop and wired/wireless mobile clients. You’ll quickly be able to maximize productivity, minimize quality risks, and optimize success in the Internet economy.

With numerous real-world examples at hand, you’ll learn how to:

• Analyze the complex Web-application model and gain a better understanding of the effective practices for deploying a successful testing strategy
• Design smart test cases, utilize best test practices, and perform effective bug analysis
• Identify similarities and differences between testing desktop and mobile Web applications, and devise the winning test plans for each platform
• Apply advanced and specialized testing techniques including secu-rity testing, performance testing, database testing, and server-side testing

About the Author

HUNG Q. NGUYEN is Founder of LogiGear, a Silicon Valley software testing company that helps development and IT organizations improve product quality through smarter testing. He is coauthor of the bestselling book Testing Computer Software (Wiley).

BOB JOHNSON has more than 20 years of software engineering experience, including implementing, maintaining, and testing computer security systems.

MICHAEL HACKETT is the cofounding partner of LogiGear, where he architects and delivers software testing education and coaching programs.

Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 2nd Edition edition (May 16, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471201006
• ISBN-13: 978-0471201007
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #393,777 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #69 in Books > Computers & Technology > Mobile & Wireless Computing > Programming

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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Major rewrite of the best web testing book, June 19, 2004

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Mike Tarrani "www.tarrani.com" (Deltona, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems, Second Edition (Paperback)

This is more than a minor update of the first edition of this highly regarded book - it's a major rewrite with added material on mobile web testing.

As in the earlier book, this one clearly shows the differences between traditional testing and web testing, which will provide QA professionals who are moving from older environments into web-based systems an orientation and direction. For new QA professionals the chapters on software testing basics, networking and web application components provide a solid foundation. The chapter on mobile web application platforms is unique to this book, and adds true value. Other core material includes test planning, and a sample application and test plan to add realistic scenarios to the material.

Web-specific test advice encompasses UI, functional, server-side, database, help, installation, compatibility, security and performance testing. These cover all facets of the test process and associated procedures in a web-centric environment. Additional chapters include using test scripts, testing mobile web applications, and web testing tools.

While the core content is on the mark and accurate, the appendices are as invaluable. These include a test plan template, weekly status report template, error analysis checklist (with error examples), UI test-case design guidelines (common keyboard navigation/shortcut matrix and mouse action matrix web), test-case design guideline: input boundary and validation matrix, display compatibility test matrix, and browser/OS configuration matrix.

If you test web systems this is the most complete book you can read, and it is destined to attain the same 'classic' status as the first edition.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book to get started, November 23, 2005

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Mike Schwarz - See all my reviews

This review is from: Testing Applications on the Web: Test Planning for Mobile and Internet-Based Systems, Second Edition (Paperback)

I am a software developer that had to create an automated performance web testing system. This book (along with two others) provided my with a good overview on best practices for creating my "Internet Macros" for performance web testing.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Search inside this book is superb handy, June 5, 2007

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Bluesky (CA, USA) - See all my reviews

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